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United States Bombing of Tripoli

Name: United States Bombing of Tripoli – Libya factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Libya · Government / Government of Libya. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1986Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1986

Muammar Gaddafi15 April 1986

Tripoli · Government / Government of Libya

Gaddafi survives United States air strikes on Tripoli during Operation El Dorado Canyon.

Names involved

Muammar Gaddafi

Provenance

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